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- J. CASEY, S. JUNIPER & J. H. MITCHELL.

BAIL FOR HANDLING BARRELS.

No. 248,403. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N I'LTERS. Plmlo-Lllhogmpher. Washington. D. C.

UNITE STATES PATENT Trice.

JAMES CASEY, SHELDON JUNIPER, AND JOHN H. MITCHELL, OF SAVANNAH, INDIAN TERRITORY.

BAIL FOR HANDLING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,403, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed September 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES CASEY, SHEL- DON JUNIPER, and JOHN H. MITGHELL,Of Savannah, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, have invented a new and Improved Bail for Handling Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The invention consists of a handlerod sliding in a bar, to the ends of which are pivoted two angular arms having studded and swiv eled griping-plates at the lower ends, to which handle-rod the upper slotted ends of the bent arms are held loosely, this handle-rod being provided with a series of transverse grooves, in which a latch pivoted on the transverse bar catches. The swiveled griping plates are pressed against the ends or heads of the barrel, and are held in place by the latch, the barrel being rolled or trundled by means of the handle-rod.

Reference is to be bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of our improved bail for handling barrels, &c. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same on the line a: a, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line y y, Fig. 1.

Two bent arms, A, having their upper ends provided with longitudinal slotsB, are pivoted to the ends of a bar, (3, through which a handle rod or bar, 1), slides at right angles, and is guided by two guides, E, attached to the bar 0 and passing into grooves in the edges of the handle-rod. Pintles F pass through the slots B of the arms A into the handle-rod D. The handle rod or bar D is provided with a series of transverse g1 ooves, G, at its lower end, and an angular latch, J, pivoted on the bar 0, is adapted to catch in one of these grooves, and thus lock the handle bar or rod D in the desired position on the transverse bar (3.

Griping-plates K, provided with a series of inwardly-projecting studs, L, are swiveled to joint-pieces M, pivoted to the lower ends of the arms A. The handle-rod D can be provided at its upper end with any kind of suitable handle, N.

may be provided with notches or apertures, or other equivalents, in which the latch J can catch.

The operation is as follows: The handle bar or rod D is released from the latch J and the lower ends of the arms A are separated sufficiently to admit the barrel 0 between them. The operator places his foot against the barrel and pulls the handle-rod inthe direction of the arrow a, thereby raising the slotted ends of the armsAand pressing the studded plates K against the heads or ends P of the barrel, the studs L being forced into the heads, so that the plates K will gripe the barrel firmly. The latch J is then passed into the corresponding 6 groove G for the purpose of locking the several parts in position, if the barrel is to be pushed. The barrel can then be trundled or rolled along and controlled and guided very easily by means of the handle-rod D; and one man can move and handle a filled barrel by means of our above-described bail, whereas two men are required to handle a filled barrel on a skid, and even they cannot guide it easily.

The griping-plates K should be placed as near the middle of the heads as possible.

The knuckle-joint at the lower ends of the arms can be dispensed with and the plates K swiveled to the ends of the arms A, but if they are provided all the studs Lwill enter the head of the barrel, which will thus be held more firmly.

The handle-rod need only belocked by means of the latch when the barrel is pushed, for when the handle is pulled the ends of the le- 8 vers or arms A are pressed against the ends of the barrels and need not be locked.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent o 1. Abailfor handling barrels, madesubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of two griping-arms pivoted to a bar and held loosely at their upper ends to a sliding handle-rod, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bar 0, of the bent griping-arms A, provided with slots B at their upper ends, the sliding rod D, and the pintles F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 1C0

3. The combination, with the bar C, of the bent griping-arms A, pivoted to the bar 0, the sliding handle-rod D, and the latch J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with the bar (J, of the bent arms A, pivoted to the bar 0, the sliding handlerod D, and the studded griping-plates K, swiveled t0 the lower ends of the arms A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5; The combination, with the bar 0, of the bent arms A, pivoted to the bar 0, the sliding handle-rod D, and the studded griping-plates K, swiveled to joint-pieces M, pivoted to the lower ends of the arms A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with the barG and the guides E, of the sliding handle-rod D and the bent griping-arms A, pivoted to the bar 0, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES CASEY. SHELDON JUNIPER. JOHN H. MITCHELL.

W'itnesses E. POE HARRIS, LEWIS DEITZ. 

